The Deterioration of Sovereignty According to Ibn Khaldun and Its Repercussions on Society

Abstract

Ibn khaldun is considered one of the most important muslim and arab scholars who explained society descriptively from all sides. His ideas still mimic societies to the present day. In building the state, he touched on the concept of sovereignty, and the reasons for its strength and collapse. He was not explicit in the wording of sovereignty in his writings, but he referred to it through its connotation of leadership and asabiyya. This collapse on society and the study aims to take a modern look at ibn khaldun’s thought through the factors he put forward in his writings about the collapse of states. It is also to identify the negative effects left by the division of sovereignty and how to deal with it, in addition to drawing attention to the danger that results from this deterioration that may lead to the collapse of the state.through this study, several results were reached, the most important of which are: 1- one of the causes of social corruption is political divisions, and the lack of a single sovereignty over the entire territory of the state leads to the absence of all security and legal aspects, which is reflected in the deterioration of the economic factor, which is reflected on individuals to use illegal methods to improve their economic situation. 2- lack of religious conviction is one of the reasons for the spread of moral corruption, from the many immoralities, sins and temptations as a result of scrambling for this world and neglecting the hereafter. It became clear through this study that sovereignty has an important role in the stability of society, and that political and economic instability and its manipulation lead to the spread of corruption in society and its collapse, in addition to the rejection of religion and the spread of immorality from the most common causes of the spread of social and moral corruption.